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Electronic Arts has signed a deal with Walt Disney to be the the exclusive publisher of Star Wars games. The deal comes off the heels of Disney's decision to shut down LucasArts. Both DICE and Visceral will make new Star Wars games, while BioWare will continue to produce titles for the genre. EA refused to comment if they would pick up Star Wars 1313 or First Assault which were all but dead projects with the former studio closing shop, but this move should excite fans with the possibility of a Star Wars themed Battlefield and the possibility of KOTOR3. Checkout Kotaku for more: http://kotaku.com/ea...games-493178983. I personally would love to see a KOTOR 3 done on the Mass Effect engine. Click here to view the article

In a surprising move, Amazon has purchased Twitch, beating out the looming Google / YouTube acquisition.
This should be a good move for twitch. Amazon definitely has the hardware to support the site.
Source: Twitch

In a surprising move, Amazon has purchased Twitch, beating out the looming Google / YouTube acquisition.
This should be a good move for twitch. Amazon definitely has the hardware to support the site.
Source: Twitch
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The mechanics look good, but I hope the co-op is the actual story mode and not a co-op zombie horde mode.. With the parkour in this game, I could see 4 players easily loosing track of where each other are in the frenzy of zombies.

Saints Row is back and now with superpowers. Check out the trailer for Saints Row 4.
Official Press release from Deep Silver who took the property from the now defunct THQ
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At Sony's PS4 Launch event Bungie revealed that the beta for Destiny will be available for PS3 and PS4 first. As MS scores first access to DLC for COD and BF4 first, its apparent that Bungie is making a statement and MS cannot dish out enough cash for them to shy away from their new 3rd party territory in the PS4 user base.

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You have to wonder whats going on between Bungie and MS... This will be the second PS4 presser and Bungie will have shown up for both. Perhaps they didn't want to "compete" with Infinity Ward even though they are both under the Activision Brand. While I believe it will be on the Xbox One by association that it will be on the 360, I wonder if PS4 scored timed exclusive extras ala BF3 on PS3. Wonder if there is a bit more to when Bungie split from MS.
This will be one of those rare, major triple A non-exclusives that will be on consoles and not on PC. That is also interesting.

Take a look at this Trailer for Destiny:
While the action is all CGI, we will see actual gameplay during the June 10th unveil of the PS4's look..
You have to wonder whats going on between Bungie and MS... This will be the second PS4 presser and Bungie will have shown up for both. Perhaps they didn't want to "compete" with Infinity Ward even though they are both under the Activision Brand. While I believe it will be on the Xbox One by association that it will be on the 360, I wonder if PS4 scored timed exclusive extras ala BF3 on PS3. Wonder if there is a bit more to when Bungie split from MS.
This will be one of those rare, major triple A non-exclusives that will be on consoles and not on PC. That is also interesting.
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I think its interesting that PS4's exclusive content is actually timed exclusive for 6 months on blockbuster titles. I wonder if it will be released on X1 for free via patch, or will it be some $3 DLC.

Here is your sizzle reel from Sony a few weeks before launch. I think its interesting that PS4's exclusive content is actually timed exclusive for 6 months on blockbuster titles. I wonder if it will be released on X1 for free via patch, or will it be some $3 DLC. Click here to view the article

Starting April 2nd, Borderlands 2 will receive a pretty sizable amount of new content. A new psycho bandit character 'Krieg' will mark the first time players will be able to see through the eyes of an enemy they are use to fighting against. The level cap will be increased from 50 to 61 for everyone that has the season pass, or it can be purchased for $4.99/800 MS points. A third playthrough dubbed "Vault Hunter Plus" will also be added free of charge to all players. This even more difficult mode is undoubtedly for players that want to play beyond level 50 as well as to drive sales for the cap increase. Making VHP free, but not the cap increase will probably receive a lot of flak from players that do not like DLC, but until the day DLC sales suffer, (which is unlikely anytime in the near future) marketing tactics like these will be the standard.

According to an interview posted by IGN today, Microsoft has yet again flip flopped on another one of its stances. Previously, Xbox One required Kinect to be on at all times for the console to function. This is no longer the case according to Marc Whitten of Microsoft:
One has to wonder if preorder numbers are the reasoning for this circus. Since June, Microsoft has taken off its DRM along with a slew of features, added some of the features back, overclocked the GPU, and now this. How does this effect developers? Especially ones that have coded their game confident that Kinect would be on at all times. This has to cause some headache, and its unclear if MS will ask them to make changes to their games near the end of development cycles. This definitely has the potential to get ugly after consoles launch. The first game that requires Kinect to play could cause the blame game between devs and MS. In the midst of walking back for irate gaming, its possible that Microsoft could also cause a strain on his developer relationships early on.
Sources
http://www.ign.com/articles/2013/08/05/ask-microsoft-anything-about-xbox-one
http://kotaku.com/xbox-one-wont-actually-need-kinect-plugged-in-microso-1113142909

According to an interview posted by IGN today, Microsoft has yet again flip flopped on another one of its stances. Previously, Xbox One required Kinect to be on at all times for the console to function. This is no longer the case according to Marc Whitten of Microsoft:
One has to wonder if preorder numbers are the reasoning for this circus. Since June, Microsoft has taken off its DRM along with a slew of features, added some of the features back, overclocked the GPU, and now this. How does this effect developers? Especially ones that have coded their game confident that Kinect would be on at all times. This has to cause some headache, and its unclear if MS will ask them to make changes to their games near the end of development cycles. This definitely has the potential to get ugly after consoles launch. The first game that requires Kinect to play could cause the blame game between devs and MS. In the midst of walking back for irate gaming, its possible that Microsoft could also cause a strain on his developer relationships early on.
Sources
http://www.ign.com/a...-about-xbox-one
http://kotaku.com/xb...roso-1113142909
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Sony's President Shuhei Yoshida went on twitter today and announced that you will not need a PS+ membership to be able to share and stream your gaming experiences. This comes in light of Microsoft stating yesterday that you will need an Xbox Live Gold account to use their gaming DVR. This is yet another blunder by MS after they decided to keep their 360 model which does not allow users to access Netflix without XBLG. The PS4 will still allow you to stream Netflix for free as it had on PS3.
While you still need PS+ to stream and share your multiplayer gameplay, it still benefits those gamers that like to upload or search for walkthroughs for single player games, solo campaigns, and trophy guides.
Source Links:
https://twitter.com/yosp/status/365383786143289344
http://kotaku.com/sharing-and-streaming-will-be-free-on-ps4-but-not-xbox-1065826856

Sony's President Shuhei Yoshida went on twitter today and announced that you will not need a PS+ membership to be able to share and stream your gaming experiences. This comes in light of Microsoft stating yesterday that you will need an Xbox Live Gold account to use their gaming DVR. This is yet another blunder by MS after they decided to keep their 360 model which does not allow users to access Netflix without XBLG. The PS4 will still allow you to stream Netflix for free as it had on PS3.
While you still need PS+ to stream and share your multiplayer gameplay, it still benefits those gamers that like to upload or search for walkthroughs for single player games, solo campaigns, and trophy guides.
Source Links:
https://twitter.com/...383786143289344
http://kotaku.com/sh...xbox-1065826856
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Microsoft seemingly squandered its chance to redeem itself at E3, and afterwards they only continued to shove their foot deeper down their own throat.
Will 24 hour check-in render games useless at the end of new generation?
http://kotaku.com/microsoft-we-wont-render-your-xbox-one-games-unplayab-513602148
"No one wants to buy a $60 Xbox One game to discover they just had it for a 10-year rental."
Microsoft dodges the "region free" question.
http://kotaku.com/microsoft-cant-tell-us-if-the-xbox-one-is-region-free-513494440
"For reference, the PS3 was completely region-free. The PS4 is as well. The PS3 even allowed different international accounts on the one system.The Xbox 360 wasn't locked at the hardware level, but some publishers chose to implement their own region blocks."
Xbox One's reputation system isn't troll proof.
http://kotaku.com/xbox-ones-reputation-system-sounds-crazy-but-it-just-m-513480515
"Each Xbox One game with an online component can include the ability to recognize griefing behaviors and react to them accordingly. Even if no one reports you for flagrant team killing or purposefully driving the wrong way in Forza, the games will know you've been naughty, and you could get dinged for it.There's potential there for hiccups and exploitation, but there's real potential here. It may strip players of their "right" to freely act like an obnoxious asshole online, but I'm willing to take the hit for the good of Xbox Live society."
Microsoft fails to sell possible positives for "Always Online"?
http://kotaku.com/a-slightly-more-convincing-reason-for-the-xbox-ones-fo-513295925
"Those worlds can live on in between game sessions", he adds, drawing a line under games that would make this an extra and those where it's part of the game itself, the world updating every day. "If one player drops out, that world will continue on and can experience the effects of time, like wear from weather damage, so that when a player comes back into the universe it's actually a slightly evolved place in the same way that our real world evolves a little bit from the time we go to sleep to the time we wake up. Game developers have given us incredibly positive feedback on the crazy different ways that they can use this incredible new cloud power resource."
Microsoft tells customers to buy a 360 if they don't want to check in online.
http://kotaku.com/cant-get-an-xbox-one-online-buy-an-xbox-360-512742247
"The 360 ecosystem is a great ecosystem for somebody that's in a purely disconnected state for long periods of time. We have built a natively connected device with Xbox One and we think the experiences are moving in that direction."

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Microsoft seemingly squandered its chance to redeem itself at E3, and afterwards they only continued to shove their foot deeper down their own throat.
Will 24 hour check-in render games useless at the end of new generation?
http://kotaku.com/mi...layab-513602148
"No one wants to buy a $60 Xbox One game to discover they just had it for a 10-year rental."
Microsoft dodges the "region free" question.
http://kotaku.com/mi...-free-513494440
"For reference, the PS3 was completely region-free. The PS4 is as well. The PS3 even allowed different international accounts on the one system.The Xbox 360 wasn't locked at the hardware level, but some publishers chose to implement their own region blocks."
Xbox One's reputation system isn't troll proof.
http://kotaku.com/xb...ust-m-513480515
"Each Xbox One game with an online component can include the ability to recognize griefing behaviors and react to them accordingly. Even if no one reports you for flagrant team killing or purposefully driving the wrong way in Forza, the games will know you've been naughty, and you could get dinged for it.There's potential there for hiccups and exploitation, but there's real potential here. It may strip players of their "right" to freely act like an obnoxious asshole online, but I'm willing to take the hit for the good of Xbox Live society."
Microsoft fails to sell possible positives for "Always Online"?
http://kotaku.com/a-...es-fo-513295925
"Those worlds can live on in between game sessions", he adds, drawing a line under games that would make this an extra and those where it's part of the game itself, the world updating every day. "If one player drops out, that world will continue on and can experience the effects of time, like wear from weather damage, so that when a player comes back into the universe it's actually a slightly evolved place in the same way that our real world evolves a little bit from the time we go to sleep to the time we wake up. Game developers have given us incredibly positive feedback on the crazy different ways that they can use this incredible new cloud power resource."
Microsoft tells customers to buy a 360 if they don't want to check in online.
http://kotaku.com/ca...x-360-512742247
"The 360 ecosystem is a great ecosystem for somebody that's in a purely disconnected state for long periods of time. We have built a natively connected device with Xbox One and we think the experiences are moving in that direction."
Click here to view the article